Flower-stand.



No. 678,031. Patented my 9, 190|.

F. L. PEACH.

FLOWER STAND. ppcmm. med mr. 29, 1901.) (lo Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT EETCE.

FRED L. PEACH, OF DALTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

FLOWER-STAND.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,031, dated July 9, 1901.

Application filed March 29, 1901. Serial No. 53 ,458. (No model.)

To tZZ whom it may con/cern:

Be it known that l, FRED L. PEACH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Dalton, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flower-Stands, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to flower-stands having a swinging movement at one side of a window or similar opening, whereby flowers carried thereon are swung to positions directly before and into the full light therefrom or to one side of a window or to any convenient position intermediate of the above-mentioned ones; and the invention consists in the peculiar construction of said stand, whereby it is adapted to provide safe and suitable supports for a number of pots of owers and is adapted to have the requisite swinging movements.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a flowerstand constructed according to my invention, this figure showing a window andwindowframe behind the newer-stand. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2 2, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, 2 indicates the main post of the newer-stand, which is preferably square in cross-section or has two opposite flat sides fora purpose below described and of suitable length to extend from near the ioor of a room to the upper part of a windowframe 12, and said post is pivotally supported in said position as follows: Each end of said post is capped by a metallic ferrule 15,through which project two 'pivot-pins, (one of which is shown at the top of Fig. l.) The lower end of said post is supported for rotary movement on a raised standard, of metahpreferably, and the upper end is supported in a bracket 4, projecting f-rom the upper end of said windowframe l2. A post 5 constitutes the border of the flower-stand opposite to said main post 2 and is also preferably of rectangular form in cross-section, as shown in Fig. 2, and the said two posts are united to form a frame of sufcient rigidity and strength to support safely a number of flower-pots lled with earth, as shown. Between said posts 2 and 5 extend horizontally a series of shelf-supporting bars 8, which are connected by both ends thereof to said posts by the brackets 16, preferably of metal, which are suitably secured to the bars and posts in the positions shown, thereby largely contributing to the rigid resistance of the frame against any downward 0r sagging 5 movement of the outer section of the main frame partrof the stand. VFurther means in addition to said brackets 16 for stiffening said frame are provided by the brace 6, between the lower part'of said post 2 and the lower end 6o extremities of said post 5 are preferably 7o capped with cylindrical ornaments, as shown.

The shelves 9 of the stand are preferably of wood,and one end thereof is slotted, as shown in Fig. 2, and they are thus adapted to be retained upon bars 8 for holding the flower-pots 75 by the position of the post 2 at the base of said slot, as shown in Fig. 2 most clearly, and

by the abutment of the outer or opposite'end of the shelf against the inner side of the post 5. Thus each shaft 4lies flat on the upper side of one of said bars 8, and owing to thev abutment of the opposite walls of said slot against the sides of the post V2 the shelf is held against any movement that would tendl to throw the newer-pots'oif. Thus the shelves are made removable for cleaning, if desired,

and no fastenings are required for holding them in operative positions on the stand.

Y The standl is conveniently swung before the window, as shown, for exposing the flowers to the light or may be swung entirely away therefrom to one side, and it is so arranged that the curtain let may be conveniently adjusted,whether the stand be before the window or not.

Having thus described my invention, what l I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patv ent of the United States, is-

l. A flower-stand having a frame comprising a main post having two oppositeilat sides, 1 and an outer border-post, several shelf-supporting bars extending between said two posts and secured by their ends to the latter, a brace extending between the lower ends of said posts, and a tie-rod extending between the upper ends thereof, a series of shelves laid on said bars in one end of each of which shelves is a longitudinal slot which ineloses said main post, thereby retaining the shelves inlongitudinal positions on said bars, a stand pivotally supporting the lower end of said main post, and a bracket pivotally supporting the upper end thereof opposite a window-casing or like place, substantially as described.

2. A iiower-stand having a frame comprisinga main post having two opposite flat sides, an outer border-post, several shelf-supporting bars extending between said two posts, brackets under each end of said bars secured to the latter and to said posts, a brace extending between the lower ends of said posts, and a tie-rod extending between the upper ends thereof, a series of shelves laid on said bars in one end of each of which shelves is a longitudinal slot which ineloses said main post, the opposite ends of said shelves lying against the inner side of said outer post, thereby retaining said shelves in longitudinal positions on said bars, a stand pivotally supporting the lower end of said main post, and a bracket pivotally supporting the upper end thereof opposite a window-easing or like place, substantially as described.

3. A flower-stand having a frame comprising a main post having two opposite flat sides, an outer border-post, several shelf-supporting bars extending between said two posts, brackets under each end of said bars secured to the latter and to said posts, a brace extending between the lower ends of said posts, and a tie-rod extending between the upper ends thereof, a series of shelves supported on said bars and there retained without other fastenings than the engagement of the extremities thereof with said main and outer border-posts,a stand pivotally supporting the lower end of said main post, and a bracket pivotally supporting the upper end thereof opposite a window-frame or like place, substantially as described.

FRED L. PEACH. lVitnesses:

J ENNIE L. PEACH, E. H. PIERCE. 

